Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-05-13
DOMESTIC HINTS.
CUsTARD PIE.

Take two eggs, beat the yolks 9TH
one heaping teaspoonful of white SUI
gar, add > cups of milk and ten drops
of vanilla. or graf nutmeg II liked
better. Make IA crust out of one cup oil
pastry flour. piece of lard as large
as walnut and twice as much butter
work together. add enough cold water
to make into dough; roll to about
the thickness of a quarter of AN inch,
always rolling one way, cover the bot
tom of well creased pie plate with
the crust; pour in the custard; set N
moderate oven. When the custard
is firm and just beginning 30 brown
add the VIII ties of the eggs whipped
stiff. with five teaspoonfuls OF sugar;
brown and serve either warm or cold.
STOCK FOR SOUP.
Stock enough to last fam IL of five
for one week can be made of five
pounds of beef deg is the bes) and two
pounds of veal. Cover il with cold wa
ter and let Il remain for at least hall an
hour before putting it on the fire.
Place il on some part of the range
where il will simmer slowly from CHIT
TO ten hours or until the meat is boiled
into shreds. Strain it into YOUR stock
pot, and when it becomes cold remove
the grease, cover the pot tightly and
set in some cold place. Any soup is
possible TO YOU now.
SALT GOLDFISH WITH WHITE SAUCE.
Set it to soak as long as necessary,
put it into cold water over the fire n
vessel; when just upon boiling, skim
and take il of as soon rs il boils; cover
it over and leave it thus for a quarter Of
an hour, then take it out of the vessel
and let it dra n. Put into sauce pan
piece of butter, "A little flour. pepper
and capers. celery or parsley. add to
it a little milk. pour it over the fish
and serve.
LENT SOUP.
Peel anil slice six large onions. six
potatoes, six carrots and four turnipS;
fry them n a half pound of butter or
olive oil aud pour over them four
I quarts of boiling water; toast Il crust of
bread brown and hard as possible. but
do not burn it, and put it in with
1 some celery and a little turnp, aud
stew them tender in the soup; a table
spoonful or so of tomato catsup i'm
proves this soup.
PARsNIP FRITrERS.
Three large par,nips. bo led till soft,
VIII ch will require about two hours;
u scrape and mash fine. picking ont all
strings and jumps; add two beaten
o eggs two tablespoonfuls of new IN TX
: and two OF sifted flour, an even tea.
spoonful of salt and a quarter of a tea
spoonful OF pepper; NIX thoroughly;
make into small cakes, flour them AMI
FRY brown in butter or oil; eat W tn but.
ter
SOFT GINGERBREAD.
One cup moasses; one cup sugar
/ one cup butter; one cup sweet milk; fou
5 cups Hour; four egg; one Tablespoonful
: ginger; one small tea>poonful of soda
1 dissolved IN milk Beat the mola>,es.
: butter, sugar and spice to a cream
r whip in the beaten yolks. the milk.
=. and lastly the whites. alternating with
= the flour. Bake in two loaves.
DOMESTIC CAKE.
One cup of butter. two cups of sugar.
one cup of water and an even teaspoon
l full Of soda Make a stiff paste and
: kneed unit it does not stick to the
hands or rolling board. Roll very thin
and cut in any fancy shape with cake
cutters and bake a light brown in a
quick oven. An egg may be added f
desired and rolled out tumble shape.
in dry sugar.
CORNsTARCH CUsTARD.
Six tablespoonfuls OF cornstarch
boiled IN one quart of milk. sugar 10
to taste, peel of two lemons grated and
the juice of one. When thick. pour in.
to wetted dish. Beat one cup of SUI
gar with the whites of five eggs and
pour over the cornstarch. set in the ov-
en- until slightly brown. Serve not
; or cold, with a custard made of the
yolks of the eggs.
SPONGE JELLY ROLL.
-Four eggs, one cup and half sugar.
one tablespoon baking powder, beat the
whites separately, and the sugar and
, the yolks together till very light; then
add part of the whites. then a cup of
flour. then beat good. then a little
more -four then the rest of the whites
: and stir easy, put it in and bake.
Spread and roll as quick as you can.
MILAN CAKE.
, Half pound of sfted flour. a quar-
ter of pound of butter, six ounces of
: sugar two tablespoonfuls of thick sour
cream and one egg Make paste of
these ingredients, roll it out and cut it
, into diamond shaped pieces. Gaze